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[milling_drum]

That harness looks almost exactly like the ones APP uses. I noticed the one on the machine we are running might be the only one they have fabricated.

Thankfully I'll be done with Cold in place for until next year at the end of the week. We should be done here or close too it. Next week I'll have some PR1050 pictures too post hopefully.

 

[bean]

PR 800-7 I saw today

 

[Toegrinder]

The emulsion rep came out and took some pictures that are much better then anything I can take

Have I mentioned I don't miss those 1000's or the train? . 801997 was always the better me kid two. I blew the small engine(don't remember the number) back in '04 when we were milling the GM proving grounds. Got alot of pictures of the prototype vehicles racing around. I still need to scan the old pics from then and when I split the drum on 8019. Try that for an 8 second ride.

 

[bean]

We are on our 3rd 3208 engine (the small one )

 

[Toegrinder]

Have I mentioned I don't miss those 1000's or the train? . 801997 was always the better me kid two. I blew the small engine(don't remember the number) back in '04 when we were milling the GM proving grounds. Got alot of pictures of the prototype vehicles racing around. I still need to scan the old pics from then and when I split the drum on 8019. Try that for an 8 second ride.

That should have said 8017 was always the better of the two...::note to self, double check post when using posting from phone and using T9...stupid T9::

 

[milling_drum]

Up north again

Kickin around Midstates yard today....

 

[bean]

Must not be to busy if thats all sitting in their yard. I know ours looks like a ghost town once the season starts

 

[milling_drum]

Thats actually not the case at all. 4 W2100's are out. The PR1050 I'll be with tomorrow. 2 W2000's are out. All the reclaimers are out (not sure how many but somewhere around 5 is the number). The machines pictured are only in the yard for repairs. The PM201 had a CAT service truck on it all day and the W120 was getting a water pump upgrade.

The old machines are sitting in the back for parts only. None of them have engines in them. The running PR1000 is pulling a Nesbitt recycler somewhere in MN. They have a PR1050 also pulling a Nesbitt recycler. Any mill operator with a Class A CDL would get a job here right now.

 

[milling_drum]

Pr1050

With Mobe grade controls....I know a few folks that would go berzerk to have had this setup years ago.:notworthy

 

[bean]

make that our fourth 3208

 

[The Tackman]

While I was in Atlanta I dropped by The Miller Groups yard there. Spent a number of good years with them running most all of the machines pictured. The reason these machines are in the yard is because they mainly run Wirtgen now....CMI is pretty much a thing of the past.

They are doing all the milling for our job on I-20 in Atlanta.

 

[milling_drum]

Well thats nice. I spent alot of time on I-20 with Miller back in the late 90's. Couch had that contract. By the time it was done APAC had taken over. Most of the Couch people became APAC people.

Those ramps downtown were a little small to have a PR1050 on but it was done....

 

[The Tackman]

Miller has their 12' machine out there now. I can't remember if it is a CMI or a Wirtgen.

 

[bean]

A rx900 w2000 and 2 pr800's

 

[bean]

Took the w2000 for a small move down the road

 

[dshetron]

Hey guy's - I have pics of my Volvo MT2000 that I can post after I get off probation!

 

[spotremix]

i'm new this website and would like to start a thread on this so you guys don't have to post replies here. but according to the rules i can't start my own thread until i have at leasat 3 posts. so this will be number.

i don't run a construction business or even work for one. infact i own a lawn maintenance business. but i am extremely into cold milling machines and the whole process of milling a road and paving roads.

currently i'm trying to learn with no sucess the entire operation of a cold milling machine. i understand the simple aspects, the machine has a drum with teeth that rip up the asphalt and send it onto a conveyor which then sends it to a dump truck. what i don't know is why it takes a ground person and someone on the machine to operate it.

so far i've found out the man on the machine is basically just the driver? is that correct. and the guy on the ground controls the actual milling of the asphalt? why can't just one guy do that from the machine?

can someone post or pm a detailed explanation? or if you wish wait until i start my own thread once i get 3 posts.

sorry to be so long winded.

 

[milling_drum]

Since I'm the resident big mouth and wish I knew it all....

Being on top of a milling machine its difficult to tell how deep the machine is actually cutting, therefore you need someone on the ground to make sure parts aren't falling off and that your at the correct depth. Do you think with a machine that big you can jump a water valve or manhole after the machine is actually right over top of it?

Simple stuff if you think about it.

 

[spotremix]

Since I'm the resident big mouth and wish I knew it all....

Being on top of a milling machine its difficult to tell how deep the machine is actually cutting, therefore you need someone on the ground to make sure parts aren't falling off and that your at the correct depth. Do you think with a machine that big you can jump a water valve or manhole after the machine is actually right over top of it?

Simple stuff if you think about it.

but don't you just set how deep you want to cut before you start cutting and then just drive?

maybe i don't fully understand how a cold milling machine works.

i figured you turn the cutter on lower it to the ground at the depth you want and start moving forward.

i can see needing someone to watch out for manhole covers and what not but i see the guy on the ground using some buttons on either side of the machine.

 

[Toegrinder]

but don't you just set how deep you want to cut before you start cutting and then just drive?

maybe i don't fully understand how a cold milling machine works.

i figured you turn the cutter on lower it to the ground at the depth you want and start moving forward.

i can see needing someone to watch out for manhole covers and what not but i see the guy on the ground using some buttons on either side of the machine.

On a simple 2 or however many inch mill and fill on the highway then sure you could pull it off with one guy, not as efficeiently but you could. But try cutting an intersection along curb around a radius while loading a truck adjusting your grade, possiblly back and forth between slope, all while watching for manholes and valves...and making it look good. Plus it just comes off as unprofessional to the contractors when you show up by yourself. One person...no thanks.